Reading this Wiki page from your fellow students is a good start.
Read what is interesting to you.
Go to the library.
Chat with the librarians.
Take a tour.
- Kinetic 3/16
(B&B 2015)
CLB Focused Abilities for Audio Books & Podcasts:
Listen for main ideas/ factual details Note taking Infer meaning Get the gist Make inferences Identify register Identify signals for turn-taking, interruption etc. Identify idiomatic expressions Recognize / identify correct sequence Recognize emotion expressed through tone, intonation Recognize context (Who is speaking? Where?)
In addition to libraries many sites offer access to free audio of public domain books. These sites include:
Open Culture www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks Lit2Go http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go LibriVox https://librivox.org Repeat After Us www.repeatafterus.com Storyline Online www.storylineonline.net
Reading:
Read everywhere.
Reading this Wiki page from your fellow students is a good start.
Read what is interesting to you.
Go to the library.
Chat with the librarians.
Take a tour.
- Kinetic 3/16
(B&B 2015)
CLB Focused Abilities for Audio Books & Podcasts:
Listen for main ideas/ factual details
Note taking
Infer meaning
Get the gist
Make inferences Identify register
Identify signals for turn-taking, interruption etc.
Identify idiomatic expressions
Recognize / identify correct sequence
Recognize emotion expressed through tone, intonation
Recognize context (Who is speaking? Where?)
In addition to libraries many sites offer access to free audio of public domain books. These sites include:
http://www.readworks.org/
Open Culture www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks
Lit2Go http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go
LibriVox https://librivox.org
Repeat After Us www.repeatafterus.com
Storyline Online www.storylineonline.net
ESL Audio Book Resources:
ESL Bits ESL Yes http://esl-bits.net
Agenda Web www.agendaweb.org/listening/audio-books.html
ESL Yes http://www.eslyes.com
General Podcasts
Misfits Audio http://misfitsaudio.com/comments
AiringPods www.airingpods.com
NPR www.npr.org/podcasts
Cloud Caster www.cloud-caster.com/PodcastDiscovery/Categories
VOA www.voanews.com/programindex.aspx
CBC http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/
Reading Resources
- **Breaking News English**- a star for complete lessons.
- **News in Levels** - Easy English news, short news, reading skills
- **ESL FAST** **Super Easy Reading** **365 ESL Short Stories**- | Easy Reading plus listening, vocabulary with clickable definitions, cloze/gap fill and mixed up sentence practice.
- **Simplified English Wikipedia**
- ESL Reading Lessons - http://eslreadinglessons.com/sleep_well.htm
- Vocabulary profilers: LexTutor
- Voice of America Special English – current news stories read slowly with scripts for read along
- http://www.cdlponline.org/ - Adult education reading resources. Choose a life area / Help adults improve basic skills like reading and spelling using real-life stories of interest to adults.
- There is a separate section for teachers- For Adult Educators link
- T h e B a l d w i n P r o j e c t - Classics for Children
- Mighty Book
- Children's Storybooks Online– young readers. Some with audio and animation!
. wordsmyth.net, orThe free DictionaryØCanadian focus Reading ESL.caStories by Subject – Simple English with comprehension check, vocabulary and gap fill exercises
ØSearchLIT.org Inspired Literature inspiring Literacy
ØManythings for ESL - adapted from material produced by the Voice of America (VOA).
Children’s Resources
ØRead-along Listening Resources – meant for public school, but graded and various
ØReading is Fundamental, “Micetro Mozart, the Opera House Mouse”, Machu Picchu
The library is not just for reading !
Do the following Scavenger Hunt at your local Library Branch.
Carefree 13/02/04